El Bumpo
Variety of Cherimoya · Annona cherimola
Californian variety with strikingly large, round fruit and a pronounced knobbly skin.
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3🇺🇸 USA 1960
Taste & characteristics
Taste
juicysweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Kalifornische Selektion
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 500 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Large, round fruit with pronounced wart-like protrusions (mamillate). Sweet, juicy flesh.
Growth
Subtropical tree of medium vigour.
Yield
Popular with enthusiasts for its large fruit.
Notes
Hand pollination recommended.
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